Lawrence Weiskrantz

Consciousness of the first order in blindsight.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences November 15, 2010 Arash Sahraie, Paul B Hibbard, Ceri T Trevethan et al.

At suprathreshold levels, detection and awareness of visual stimuli are typically synonymous in nonclinical populations. But following postgeniculate lesions, some patients may perform above chance in forced-choice detection paradigms, while reporting not to see the visual events presented within their blind field. This phenomenon, termed "blindsight," is intriguing because it demonstrates a...